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species of Dclarla, and cuttings will root readily if planted in a 

 pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them in heat. 



CCLXXIV. CHAMJEFI'STULA (cliamce, a word usually 

 applied in botany to signify false, and Jistu/a, a pipe ; in re- 

 ference to the cylindrical pods ; but it has nothing to do with 

 the true Fistula, which is the Cathartocdrpus Fistula). Cassia, 

 section II. Chamsefistula, D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 87. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 490 Chamaecassia, Breyn. prod. 2. p. 28. 



LIN. SYST. Dec&ndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, very obtuse, 

 hardly joined at the base, more or less unequal. Petals 5, un- 

 equal. Stamens 10, free, unequal, the 3 lower ones longest, 

 the 4 middle ones short and straight, and the 3 superior ones 

 bearing difFormed abortive anthers. Anthers opening by 2 pores 

 at the apex. Ovary stipitate. Legumes terete, hardly dehiscent, 

 slender, membranous, divided by transverse dissepiments into 

 1 -seeded divisions internally, and filled with pulp. Seeds ellip- 

 tic, compressed, horizontal. Trees or shrubs, with abruptly pin- 

 nate leaves, bearing glands on the petioles. Flowers of all yellow. 



* Leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets. Petiole bearing a gland 

 between the lower pair of letiflets. 



1 C. BACILLA'RIS ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate, obtuse, ob- 

 lique leaflets, with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair; 

 racemes axillary, pedunculate ; legumes cylindrical, acute, jj . S. 

 Native of Surinam. Cassia bacillaris, Lin. fil. suppl p. 231. 

 Houst. rel. t. 17. Jacq. fragm. t. 85. f. 4.? Cathartocarpus 

 Bacillus, Lindl. bot. reg. t. 881. Legume a foot long, terete. 



Rod Bastard-cassia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1782. Tr. 12 to 14 ft. 



2 C. SPECIOSA ; leaves with 2 pairs of rather coriaceous un- 

 equal-sided leaflets, which are shining above and glabrous, but 

 densely clothed with tomentose pubescence beneath, ultimate 

 pair twice the size of the other, obovate-oblong, with a cylin- 

 drical gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; corymbs ter- 

 minal. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Cassia micans, Nees. in fl. 1821. 

 p. 329. C. speciosa, Schrad.ingcett. anz. 1821. p. 718. Ovary 

 nearly terete, on a short stipe, thickly clothed with yellow hairs. 

 Style short, glabrous, uncinate, thick. Anthers large. 



Shomy Chamsefistula. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Tree. 



3 C. iN^auiLA'iERA ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate, rather 

 acuminated, glabrous leaflets, which are unequal-sided at the 

 base, with a sessile gland on the petiole between the lower 

 pair ; racemes axillary, pedunculate ; legumes incurved. I? . S. 

 Native of St. Martha. C. inaequilatera, Bert. ined. ex. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 490. Very like the following species, but differs in 

 being glabrous. 



Unequal-sided-leafietted Chamsefistula. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. MACROPHY'LLA ; leaves with 2 pairs of elliptic-oblong, 

 bluntish leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed with 

 soft hairs beneath as well as the branchlets and petioles, with 

 an obtuse gland on the petiole between the lower pair of leaflets ; 

 racemes axillary, pedunculate ; legumes incurved. Pj . S. Na- 

 tive of New Granada, at the mouth of the river Sinu near Car- 

 thagena. Cassia macrophylla, Kunth, mim. p. 126. t. 38. nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 340. Lateral leaflets nearly equal at the base. 



Long-leaved Chamaefistula. Tree. 



5 C. PUBE'RULA ; leaves with 2 pairs of unequal-sided, ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acute leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed 

 with adpressed pubescence beneath, as well as on the branches 

 and petioles, lower pair smaller, ovate-roundish, with an oblong- 

 conical gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes 

 axillary, pedunculate, fj . S. Native of New Granada. Cassia 

 puberula, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 341. 



Puberulous Chamaefistula. Tree. 



6 C. OXYPHY'LLA ; leaves with 2 pairs of unequal-sided, acu- 

 minately-mucronate leaflets, which are pubescent above, but 

 clothed with soft tomentose pubescence beneath, superior pair 



oblong, lower small and ovate, bearing an oblong, clavate gland 

 on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes few-flowered. 

 ^l . S. Native of New Andalusia, on Mount Cocollar. Cassia 

 oxyphylla, Kunth, mim. p. 129. t. 8'J. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 342. 



Sharp-h-afcttcd Chamajfistula. Tree 50 feet. 



7 C. MELANOCA'RPA ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated leaflets, which are shining above and quite glabrous 

 beneath, as well as the branches and petioles, lower pair one half 

 smaller than the outer pair ; gland cylindrical, acute, situated on 

 the petiole between the lower pair of leaflets ; racemes pedun- 

 culate, axillary ; legumes straight, terete. ^ S. Native of 

 Jamaica. Cassia melanocarpa, Bert. ined. ex. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 491. Legume smooth, black, on a short stipe within the 

 calyx, obtuse, mucronulate by the style, rather torulose. 



Black-fruited Chamaefistula. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



8 C. I'RO'MINENS ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate-elliptic, acu- 

 minated, glabrous leaflets, lower pair the smallest, with a pro- 

 minent gland between ; branches and peduncles pubescent ; 

 racemes forming a large, terminal, corymbous panicle. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Sello. Legume unknown, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Prominent-glanded Chamsefistula. Tree. 



9 C. RUIZJA'NA ; leaves with 2 pairs of broad, elliptic, obtuse, 

 glabrous leaflets, which are oblique at the base, with a large 

 obtuse gland between the lower pair on the petiole ; racemes 

 twin, short, corymbous, axillary. T; . S. Native of Guiaquil. 

 Cassia macrophylla, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Ruiz's Chamsefistula. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



10 C. OBLIQUA ; leaves with 2 pairs of elliptic, acuminated, 

 glabrous leaflets, with a prominent gland on the petiole between 

 the lower pair ; peduncles about the length of the leaves ; flowers 

 corymbosely umbellate. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Cassia ob- 

 liqua, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Legume unknown. Lower 

 pair of leaflets the smallest. 



Oblique-\ea.Retted Chamsefistula. Tree. 



11 C. E'LEGANS ; glabrous; leaves with 2 pairs of oblique, 

 elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous leaflets, lower pair the smallest, 

 with a prominent ovate-conical gland on the petiole between 

 each pair. J? . S. Native of Peru. Legumes unknown. Per- 

 haps a species of Cassia. 



Elegant Chamsefistula. Tree. 



* Leaves with 3 or more pairs of leaflets. 



12 C. ASTROITES; clothed in every part with stellate, flocky 

 tomentum ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, floral ones with 

 only 2 pairs ; leaflets obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 ultimate ones the largest, with a clavate gland on the petiole, 

 between the lower pair, or one between each of the two lower 

 pairs ; stipulas setaceous ; racemes axillary, pedunculate, corym- 

 bose ; bracteas filiform. J? . S. Native of Mexico, in Plan 

 del Rio. Cassia astroites, Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 

 597. Legume elongated, somewhat moniliform. 



Starry-haired Chamaefistula. Tree. 



13 C. CORYMBOSA ; leaves with 3 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, 

 rather falcate leaflets, which are glabrous as well as the branches, 

 with an oblong gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; 

 peduncles 3-5-flowered ; legumes cylindrical, 4-times longer 

 than the pedicel. fj . G. Native of Buenos Ayres. Cassia 

 corymbosa, Lam. diet. 1. p. 644. Jacq. fragm. t. 101. f. 1. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 633. C. crassifolia, Ort. dec. 10. p. 122.' 

 Cassia falcata, Dum. Cours. bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 6. p. 35. 



Corymbose-dowered Chamaefistula. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



14 C. INFLA'TA ; leaves wifh usually 3 pairs of obovate- 

 roundish, glabrous leaflets, which are glaucous beneath, with a 

 clavate gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes 

 panicled ; legumes inflated. ^ . S. Native of South America, 



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